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Bet You Didn’t Know: Thanksgiving History (B2)

Preview 1
Part 1. Discussion about Thanksgiving. Answers will vary. Images:
(1) It’s a family having a feast together.
(2) It’s a girl harvesting crops
(3) a picture of stuffing
Part 2. Thanksgiving vocabulary.
(1) d (2) c (3) e (4) a (5) b
Stuffing matches with picture 3, a feast matches with picture 1, a harvest matches with
picture 2
Part 3. True / False. Answers will vary. Teacher’s answers (don’t reveal until Viewing, Part 4.)
(1) False (2) False (3) True (4) True (5) True

Viewing Activity
Part 1. Short answers.

(1) Eating, hunting, and “other entertainment.”
(2) They killed five deer and gave them to the Pilgrims as a gift
(3) He announced Thanksgiving as a national holiday for the first time ever in 1789.
(4) She waged a campaign to make Thanksgiving an annual national holiday and published
recipes for pumpkin, turkey, and stuffing, which became staples of the holiday.
(5) It takes place on the last Thursday in November.
Part 2. Which types of food were (Y), weren’t (N), might have been (M) eaten on the original
Thanksgiving. Teacher’s answers:
(1) Y (2) N (3) N (4) N (5) M (6) N
Part 3. Timeline of the influential figures in Thanksgiving history.
(1) 1789 (2) 1827 (3) 1863 (4) 1939 (5) 1989
Part 4. Students check answers from Preview 1, Part 4. Answers will vary.

Post-Viewing 1
Part 1. Discussion questions. Answers will vary.
Part 2. Vocabulary context usage.
(1) took (4) criticized / signed
(2) waged (5) granted
(3) announced
Part 3. Video quote.
(1) Quirky means strange or unusual, in especially an interesting way.
(2) Answers will vary.

Post-Viewing 2
Quirky Traditions Task. / Turkey Pardon Task. Answers will vary. Allow students to work and
collect feedback. Come up with your own example for students.
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Bet You Didn’t Know: Thanksgiving History (B2)

Optional Bonus Activity

Part 2. Past perfect in passive or active voice.
(1) hadn’t been recognized (4) hadn’t discussed
(2) hadn’t shown up (5) hadn’t been held
(3) hadn’t been included (6) hadn’t grown

Quiz & Review

Part 1. Questions. Refer to Viewing Activity.
Part 2. Vocabulary context usage.
(1) took (4) criticized / signed
(2) waged (5) granted
(3) announced
Part 3. Grammar sentence using the past perfect in the passive voice.
(1) hadn’t been introduced
(2) hadn’t been included
(3) hadn’t been eaten
(4) hadn’t been granted